Edit: Detroit Public Schools Emergency Manager overturns decision to forfeit PSL city title game between Cass Tech and King
Detroit Emergency Manager Darnell Earley has overturned the decision to forfeit Friday's Detroit Public Schools League City Title game.
The game had originally been canceled after a fight involving Detroit King and Cody players occured following a 20-2 King victory last Friday. Cass Tech was awarded a forfeit win.
Here's the link: http://www.thedzone.net/2015/10/emergency-manager-overturns-decision-to.html#.ViZ85H6rTIU
October 20th, 2015 at 1:52 PM ^
This whole thing sounds like an episode straight out of Friday Night Lights...
October 20th, 2015 at 1:56 PM ^
Boosters win again.
October 20th, 2015 at 1:52 PM ^
October 20th, 2015 at 1:56 PM ^
Agreed. But in this case, dictatorship has its advantages.
October 20th, 2015 at 1:58 PM ^
trying to figure out what the b word is... can't be bull, since there's no need to hide that.
October 20th, 2015 at 1:54 PM ^
October 20th, 2015 at 1:56 PM ^
Snyder and his pet boy Orr uber alles
October 20th, 2015 at 1:57 PM ^
Orr is gone man. Plus he didn't have a lot of sway over DPS. They have their own emergency manager.
October 20th, 2015 at 2:21 PM ^
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October 20th, 2015 at 5:09 PM ^
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October 20th, 2015 at 1:59 PM ^
October 20th, 2015 at 2:06 PM ^
LOL why is the EM getting involved with a football game?
October 20th, 2015 at 2:20 PM ^
just for the school district.
October 20th, 2015 at 2:21 PM ^
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October 20th, 2015 at 2:28 PM ^
PSL has already paid for renting Ford Field and would lose whatever meager revenue they get from the game.
I'm sure there is some kind of cancel clause that is probably cost prohibitive.
October 20th, 2015 at 2:38 PM ^
It's likely that would contribute to a higher than normal turnout. They need to make money on whatever tickets they sell.
October 20th, 2015 at 2:13 PM ^
Are they expecting to get out of debt by using the ticket sales? Why is he involved? I don't know how big the brawl was but I would guess that the players involved would be suspended anyway, not taking the chance away from the whole squad.
October 20th, 2015 at 2:20 PM ^
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October 20th, 2015 at 2:17 PM ^
October 20th, 2015 at 2:29 PM ^
a King player sucker punched a Cody player, but I live 100 miles away so.........
October 20th, 2015 at 2:22 PM ^
LOL @ this clusterfuck.
October 20th, 2015 at 2:31 PM ^
I still haven't seen any. I assume that would help greatly in sorting this out.
Did this event happen in 1983? Was there some sort of mobile phone ban at the game? What gives?
In this day & age, when there is video of everybody & everything, I can't believe there isn't some video of this melee (shot in portrait, with people yelling "Ooooooohhhhh!", etc) on Deadspin, The Big Lead, etc.
October 20th, 2015 at 2:34 PM ^
October 20th, 2015 at 2:51 PM ^
of everything to do with the school district. King parents organized a protest at the DPS offices. DPS had rented Ford Field for the championship game, so there likely would be a DPS financial hit (not sure how real and if the Lions would refund it anyway) if the game was not played. This is well within his scope.
October 20th, 2015 at 3:33 PM ^
October 20th, 2015 at 2:39 PM ^
We no longer have an EM in the city.
October 20th, 2015 at 3:49 PM ^
October 20th, 2015 at 11:07 PM ^
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October 21st, 2015 at 1:17 AM ^
http://m.clickondetroit.com/news/video-onfield-brawl-between-detroit-ki…
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